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Rectify is one extraordinarily beautifully made series about how being on death row for 19 years affects one suspect and his environment. Acting is wonderfully paced and deep, I mean deep as in very credible, plausible and just beautiful. The series does not rely on speed or complexity of multiple intertwined story lines, or high speed chases and shootouts to suggest tension and suspense. Instead emotions are very carefully presented in condensed, ultra high quality dialogues of which text, photography and action (however minimal in most cases) are meticulously blended to present whole and finished thoughts and feelings. Now, you may think that this makes for boring television. I find it a breath of fresh air. The dialogues may be deep and delivered with uncanny integrity, they are also often very, very witty and funny. And it is very addictive to me, to see characters so well portrayed and played out. There is more meaningful tension and suspense in that than in any high speed car-chase.

It is as if you are reading superbly written prose. I would say literature, no less!

This is a very shallow comedy about .... yes, about what?

The only thing that makes it remotely interesting is the rare circumstance that the setting it portrays (North Korea's attempts to be what it is not) is the commercial setting of the movie itself. It is about itself, in a way.

It has that going for it, and Lizzy Caplan of course. It does not matter what she plays, she is always a joy to watch.

Nothing else positive can be said about it. I tried. It is not funny, it is not accurate, it is not well played (except Caplan), the music is uninteresting, the text is missing every opportunity of goodness,

very sad that this makes money after all